Landon Donovan tells The Post USMNTs tangible World Cup advantage, chances to continue brave run

U.S.Soccer legend and 2010 World Cup hero Landon Donovan, tackled here by Post columnist Steve Serby, has been scoring goals for Fox Sports as a match analyst in the booth and studio, and his “Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard” podcast has been hailed as a must-listen.Q: Your thoughts on the matchup.A: Belgium had a very good core group of players for the past 10 to 15 years.

Now that core group is much older, they have been very uninspiring this tournament.They should have lost to Senegal, they scored two goals in the last five minutes to take it to extra time, and then one right at the end of extra time.

But they have not been convincing in any way.In some ways they’re the opposite of what the U.S.

has been.They are not in good form — however, they have two or three very, very, very good players, a couple of whom are world-class players and they can make a play and pull off a special play that can win them the game, and that’s what they did against Senegal.

It will not be easy, but if you’re asking me in the current form of the two countries, who would I bet on? The U.S., for sure.Q: What kind of an advantage will the U.S.

have in Seattle?A: If you go to a Seahawks game there, or you go to a Seattle Sounders game, it’s different.There are a lot of amazing stadiums and a lot of amazing fan bases in this country, but Seattle’s different.

And it’s gonna be an afternoon, evening game, it’ll be relatively cool weather-wise, and they will ABSOLUTELY provide a lift.I was at SoFi (in Los Angeles) for the first game, and I was in San Francisco for their last match — there is a tangible advantage to the U.S.

team because of the fans.No question about it.

And I think that’s gonna be exacerbated and amplified on Monday in Seattle because they have phenomenal sports fans, plus combined with all of the amazing American Outlaws and American supporters’ groups who will be there, it’s gonna be an electric atmosphere.Q: Who are...